[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 120 (Thursday, September 12, 2013)] [House] [Page H5516] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] KSBW CELEBRATES 60-YEAR ANNIVERSARY (Mr. FARR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. FARR. Madam Speaker, I rise today in the United States Congress to celebrate and honor our local television station--it started 60 years ago--KSBW, an NBC affiliate for the central coast of California. SBW stands for ``Salad Bowl Capital of the World,'' which is what the Salinas area is known for. In September 1953, the station opened, and it proudly represented the whole feeling of the central coast to have its first television station. I was 12 years old, and I remember sitting there with my father as he was being interviewed on that television station. It went through decades of being the area's first station to provide local news. It was the first station to broadcast in color. It was the first to broadcast news reports from the field. It was the first to broadcast in high definition. For the past 15 years, the station has been owned by the 126-year-old Hearst Corporation and led locally by Joseph W. Heston as president and general manager. Hearst continues to operate a full-time Washington, D.C., news bureau, making KSBW the only local station on the central coast to provide direct reports from Washington to local constituents. Congratulations, KSBW, for 60 years of firsts. I wish them another 60 years of great success on the central coast. ____________________